Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Exclusive Interview: Anshul Bhatt, Head of Intelligent Operations, Rakuten Symphony

March 20, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/...2ehGvk&list=TLGGFici_FS-JBEyMTAzMjAyNQ

Global Alpha insights: Rakuten and the “Dog Shogun”

October 2024

All in all, while it is still unprofitable today, we believe Rakuten’s bold and unpopular telecom investment can drive a period of profitable growth for the company. Evidencing that this part of the business can breakeven is important but what is even more important is what it can become over the next five to ten years. Taking this view enables us to see a company at an inflection point and not one compromised by poor decision-making. The investment case is further underpinned by its strong reputation and reinforcing ecosystem despite the market’s fathomable scepticism.

www.bailliegifford.com/en/uk/...-and-the-dog-shogun-10051560/

Rakuten NEO Wins “Best Mobile Innovation for Digital Life” at MWC Barcelona 2025’s GLOMO Awards

March 17, 2025

Rakuten Symphony's unmanned facility operations platform Rakuten NEO positions itself as a key solution for accelerating digital transformation.

www.publicnow.com/view/...C6D8BF787E41E00236E9F98C3CE697F1CCD

Rakuten and Telecom: What Change Looks Like

www.linkedin.com/pulse/...-looks-like-rakuten-symphony-h0omf/

How brands are winning with Viber for Business

Brands that leveraged Viber for Business solutions have seen impressive results:

KFC Philippines – Reached 5.6M+ people and achieved 2.81% CTR through Viber Ads and 8.5% capture rate with AR-powered branded Viber Lenses and gamification.

Kimberly-Clark – Improved engagement for Huggies campaign with personalized Viber business messages, achieving impressive results shared by the company’s Digital Media and Content Manager Dymphna Liu Chiang:
127% sales increase (vs. email marketing)
6x higher click-through rates (vs. industry benchmarks)
80% higher open rates (vs. SMS and email campaigns)

www.adobomagazine.com/brand-business/...-level-up-with-viber/

Rakuten Kobo has launched its Kobo Plus subscription service in Malaysia, offering readers unlimited access to over 2 million eBooks and more than 300,000 audiobooks. The service is available at a starting price of MYR 27.00 per month.

www.lowyat.net/2025/345698/...YR%252027.00%2520per%2520month.

Rakuten NEO is a solution equipped with advanced machine learning algorithms and sensor technology, designed to support unmanned operations for facilities such as Trunk rooms, hotels, fitness clubs, and shared offices. Rakuten NEO not only enhances operational efficiency but also helps reduce costs, such as labor expenses associated with space management, contributing to addressing labor shortages and maximizing profits for businesses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9dsLQPvgd0

Acorns Marks Milestone of One Million Kids Served in U.S., Expanding Family Financial Wellness Offerings with Acorns Early

February 4, 2025

www.bing.com/...;FORM=ANAB01&adppc=EDGEDSP&PC=EDGEDSP

21. März Erster in Japan! Rakuten Securities führt die NISA Rakuraku Omamori Insurance ein
, eine Versicherungspolice, die das Risiko einer langfristigen Arbeitsunfähigkeit für NISA-Kontoinhaber abdeckt. Selbst wenn Sie aufgrund von Krankheit oder Verletzung nicht arbeiten können, können Sie mit NISA in aller Ruhe weiterhin Geld ansammeln.

www.rakuten-sec.co.jp/web/company/newsrelease/fy2025.html

Data, Drift, and Dollars: Overcoming AI Deployment Hurdles

11d ago
Anshul Bhatt

In our exclusive GenAI segment, The Fast Mode spoke to Rakuten Symphony's Anshul Bhatt on how AI and Generative AI is transforming telecom and enterprise networks, from managing network performance to mitigating threats and improving efficiency.

www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/...eployment-hurdles

Mar 24, 2025 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Brunner Acquires Rakuten Advertising’s Performance Solutions Business

Brunner, a leading independent, integrated marketing agency, announced today its acquisition of Rakuten Advertising’s Performance Solutions group, which includes its paid search and programmatic planning and buying teams.

The acquisition also opens the door to a long-standing partnership with Rakuten. Brunner will be the performance solutions partner for Rakuten, continuing to provide digital media services to its clients, and Brunner can extend affiliate marketing opportunities to clients through Rakuten’s platform.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/...formance-Solutions-Business

Andy Foot
14 January 2025

Discover the top 20 ecommerce marketplaces worldwide, strategic insights for global selling, and ChannelEngine's seamless multichannel management capabilities.

www.channelengine.com/en/blog/worlds-top-marketplaces

Rakuten Card aiming for 100 billion yen profit, eyes 1,100 trillion yen B2B market

Japan's largest credit card company, Rakuten Card, is aiming to almost double its annual operating profit to 100 billion yen ($663.7 million) in the medium term and sees opportunity in expanding into the largely untapped business-to-business payments market, its new chief executive officer said.

www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/...1BBGhg?ocid=BingNewsVerp

Value of Rakuten Card alone is after my estimates about $ 8.5 billion.

Rakuten France choses Mirakl Ads to power its retail media strategy

March 11, 2025

www.mirakl.com/news/...ads-to-power-its-retail-media-strategy

AirHopAI launches First Office Application of the Industry’s first AI/ML-powered solution for energy savings with MIMO adaptation in Rakuten Mobile

SAN DIEGO, California – March 3, 2025

AirHopAI today announced launch of First Office Application at Rakuten Mobile of an AI/ML-powered sustainability solution that manages MIMO antenna reconfiguration which aims to reduce Radio Access Network (RAN) power consumption.

“RAN energy bills make up over 70% of Mobile Network Operators cost”, said Stéphan Téral, Founder & Chief Analyst at Téral Research. “An impactful reduction in power consumption directly contributes to reduced OpEx for the Operator and contributes to achieving United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.  

airhopai.com/2025/03/02/...mimo-adaptation-in-rakuten-mobile/

People are entitled to low-cost mobile connectivity

23 hours ago

Rakuten Mobile has already proven what can be achieved with new approaches to telecom, technologically and in terms of its business model. Rakuten is the first company who went down into the network layer as an existing OTT leader – the way we think is completely different from legacy telecom companies.

We have proven how affordable connectivity can directly benefit the public. We have created competition in the Japanese market and reduced the cost of mobile connectivity, significantly lowering mobile costs for consumers in Japan across the board.

rakuten.today/blog/...ed-to-low-cost-mobile-connectivity.html

March 26, 2025

A new card design featuring the "Dragonball DAIMA" anime, which boasts global popularity across generations, has joined the Rakuten Card lineup! This new design is expected to provide a great motivation for fans to consider applying for a Rakuten Card. For those in Japan, keep an eye out for the exciting TV commercial as well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOtdvWbjLpw

Allot Deploys its Cloud-Native Network Protection and Deep Network Intelligence Solutions with Rakuten Mobile

March 26, 2025

Allot Ltd., a leading global provider of innovative security-as-a-service (SECaaS) and network intelligence solutions for communication service providers and enterprises, announced today that Rakuten Mobile has deployed Allot Network Protection and Deep Network Intelligence solutions as part of their migration from a Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) architecture to its cloud-native Rakuten Symphony Platform. These Allot security and intelligence solutions are now deployed as fully containerized versions in the commercial Rakuten network.

www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/...akuten-Mobile.html

Rakuten Mobile taps sophisticated AI capabilities for network field operations

By Linda Hardesty  Mar 27, 2025

www.fierce-network.com/modernization/...work-field-operations

Rakuten Site Manager & Intelligent Ops 2.0 | Rakuten Symphony at MWC 2025

March 26, 2025

Watch Rakuten Symphony's experts Faiq Khan, SVP Sales, OSS BU, and Anshul Bhatt, Head of Sales, Americas and Product Strategy, as they discuss the Rakuten OSS 2.0 portfolio. Hear about how back to back launches from Site Manager 2.0 and Intelligent Ops 2.0 has played a key role in helping mobile network operators in the retirement of legacy systems and more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhyyiQrGwc

27.03.2025

Kern des Netzes ist die OpenRAN-Architektur, bei der Hard- und Software konsequent entkoppelt sind. Die Basisstationen bestehen aus standardisierten Komponenten, die per Software in der privaten 1&1-Cloud gesteuert werden. Funktionen wie das Radio Access Network (RAN), der Scheduler oder der Mobility Management Entity laufen virtualisiert in verteilten Rechenzentren – teils im Core, teils in regionalen Edge-Zonen für niedrige Latenzen.

Als Generalunternehmer für den Netzaufbau setzt 1&1 auf Rakuten Symphony, die Netzwerksparte des japanischen Telekommunikationskonzerns Rakuten. Symphony liefert eine Ende-zu-Ende-Lösung für den Betrieb von OpenRAN-Netzen, inklusive zentralem Orchestrierungs-Framework, Managementsystemen und virtualisierten Netzwerkfunktionen.

www.it-administrator.de/...-Netz-von-1und1-macht-Fortschritte

In 2024, there were significant milestones achieved by Rakuten Group. Rakuten Mobile achieved the basis. Rakuten Mobile is a business that has grown with trust and support of our shareholders. Following capital expenditures focused on the installation of cell phone base stations from 2019, full-scale services were launched in April 2020. Since then, Rakuten Mobile has been pursuing services that are valuable to users, such as the launch of Rakuten SAIKYO Plan offering unlimited high-speed data nationwide, including 5G, as well as the launch of an enterprise business and a commercial service with the 700 MHz “Platinum Band” spectrum, along with the continued rollout of base stations to improve network quality. As a result, of Rakuten Mobile increased by 1.77 million during the current the total number of subscribers fiscal year, reaching approximately 8.3 million by the end of the year. In December 2024, EBITDA turned positive on a monthly basis, achieving the initial target for the period.

global.rakuten.com/corp/investors/stock/meeting.html

Business Progress

Non-GAAP operating income from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024 = ¥7.0 billion (¥160.1 billion increase YoY). If we will see an progress of ¥160.1 billion increase YoY in 2025, too, the Non-GAAP operating income from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025 will be ¥167.1 billion = $ 1.11 billion.

“The Rakuten Group discloses consolidated operating results in terms of both its internal measures which management relies upon in making decisions (hereinafter the “Non-GAAP financial measures”) and those under IFRS. Non-GAAP operating income is operating income under IFRS (hereinafter “IFRS operating income”) after deducting unusual items and other adjustments as prescribed by the Rakuten Group. Management believes that the disclosure of Non-GAAP financial measures facilitates comparison between the Rakuten Group and peer companies in the same industry or comparison of its business results with those of prior fiscal years by stakeholders, and can provide useful information in understanding the underlying business results of the Rakuten Group and its future outlook. Unusual items refer to one-off items that the Rakuten Group believes shall be excluded for the purposes of preparing a future outlook based on certain rules. Other adjustment items are those that tend to differ depending on the standards applied, and are therefore less comparable between companies, such as share based compensation expenses and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets.”

global.rakuten.com/corp/investors/stock/meeting.html

Non-GAAP operating income for 2025 = $ 22.2 billion.

$22.2 billion value divided through 2.15 billion shares = $10.3